Blitzboks fall at last hurdle
10 Dec 2011
GARETH DUNCAN, reporting from the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, watched the Blitzboks concede a last-minute try in a 31-26 Cup final defeat to New Zealand on day two of the PE Sevens.
The inaugural PE Sevens finished in 20 minutes of madness.
Ahead and during this fixture, the crowd created a magical atmosphere – something that was missing throughout the weekend’s festivities. The St Georges band arrived late during the day and their presence ignited an electric mood around the park, especially with the large All Blacks club who sat themselves in the seats below them. It was a fitting stage for the Blitzboks and New Zealand, who were clearly the two best teams at the tournament.
For New Zealand, it was their eighth consecutive Cup final appearance while it was only the hosts’ third in their history, having previously won one and lost one – both to the former. And on this occasion, the Kiwis went on to win their ninth South African leg Cup title thanks to Tomasi Cama, who scored and converted a try in the last move of the game.
It was a close contest in the first half, which ended 17-14 at the break in the Kiwis’ favour. DJ Forbes led from the front and powered over for the opening try, which was cancelled out by Bernado Botha’s finish. The hosts were then dealt a blow when Boom Prinsloo was yellow-carded for a professional foul at the breakdown.
From a defending scrum, the Blitzboks crumbled and Cama capitalized to dive over for his first five-pointer. Once South Africa returned to seven men, Botha went on to score his fourth try of the tournament – but New Zealand held a slender half-time lead after Frank Halai crossed the chalk.
The Blitzboks dominated the early parts of the second half, surging into a 26-17 lead with Steven Hunt and Cecil Afrika running over from close range. But defensive lapses at the death saw Halai and Cama complete their braces, the latter score a controversial one as a few South African players believed they were tripped during the final play. But Australian referee Anthony Moyes waved play on as Cama broke South African hearts.
The day’s results sees Fiji and New Zealand share the World Series table lead with 51 log points each. The Fijians performed badly on day two, which ended with a 48-0 thrashing from Wales in the Plate final. The Blitzboks find themselves third on the table with 48 log points while England (47) and France (38) trail closely behind.
Earlier in the day, the Springbok Sevens downed Samoa 12-7 in the Cup semi-final.
It was a physical clash and one the hosts handled well as they kept the game tight and capitalised on favourable field position. They spent most of the first half in Samoa’s 22m area, and they finished two scoring opportunities to take a 12-0 half-time lead. A Branco du Preez side step and break opened the scoring while Botha showed great power out wide to finish in the corner. Samoa ended the half with six men when Afa Aiono was sin-binned for striking Kyle Brown with the forearm.
After the second stanza restart, South Africa placed a greater emphasis on restricting the Pacific Islanders – which they did to great effect. Samoa struggled to break into the hosts’ red zone but managed to score a late try through Paul Perez. The Blitzboks, however, still did enough for a place in the Cup final
In their first match of the day, Cecil Afrika scored two crucial tries in the Springbok Sevens’ 26-12 win over France in the Cup quarter-final.
Coming off a 19-5 Cup defeat to the French in the same fixture at the Dubai Sevens last weekend, the Blitzboks ended on top on this occasion thanks to their hometown playmaker. But it didn’t come easy, as an attacking error saw Terry Bouhraoua put the opposition 5-0 ahead.
An Afrika run set up Boom Prinsloo minutes later while the former also dotted down after sniping a gap. But Renaud Delmas finished off a late attack, which capitalised on the hosts’ shaky rearguard. The half-time score read 12-12.
The Blitzboks produced a strong second half showing to seal their place in the top four. Brilliant stepping from Afrika saw the speedster grab his 70th World Series try while Botha finished off proceedings after chasing down a Du Preez chip.
Blitzboks’ fixtures, day two:
Cup quarter-final: South Africa 26 France 12
Cup semi-final: South Africa 12 Samoa 0
Cup final: South Africa 26 New Zealand 31
Click here for all day two fixtures and results
1,234 Comments
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12 Dec 2011, 20:20 pm
Lol!
Cape cullart ho er!!!!!!!
12 Dec 2011, 20:20 pm
geesh, yesterdays blogs were so constructive and collaborative. guess that was a fluke.
alot can happen in 400 posts.
12 Dec 2011, 20:21 pm
Rather amusing thread this.
Thank God it took HG only 3 posts to send Pops a packing…. He is like a Jack Russell infused and confused leech that just wont go away
12 Dec 2011, 20:21 pm
Mvk reappears like magic… Wow.
12 Dec 2011, 20:22 pm
@poppa69-1094: he is lower than a dog’s afterbirth.his father probably pissed on him at birth.
12 Dec 2011, 20:23 pm
Shame mvk is that what happened to you?
12 Dec 2011, 20:24 pm
@Bod-1103: glad to see that you find it funny when hg mocks the death of pops mother.
12 Dec 2011, 20:24 pm
Two little birdies (chickens) with one stone…
Pooper and ExtraThuvi…. Sent packing…
Don’t need to do Capo – Poodle pounder will be put to bed by his Mummy soon
12 Dec 2011, 20:25 pm
@Dawn-1106: still living in in ho er infested wynberg?
12 Dec 2011, 20:25 pm
Looks like this Blonde Blue eyed poster truly may be superior…
If I think like that does it mean I have an “aryan mind”…?
12 Dec 2011, 20:26 pm
@mvk-1107:
I dont recall saying it was funny…
12 Dec 2011, 20:27 pm
Now how would you know that Wynberg is ho er infested.
12 Dec 2011, 20:27 pm
@Heavens Game-1099:
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m499/poppacurse/mumsflowers.jpg
the flowers received at my Mums funeral, that is her photo on the wall..
but keep laughing, cnut..
12 Dec 2011, 20:30 pm
@Heavens Game-1108: you can’t even **** yourself you zimbo piece of vermin s hyte.you can mess around with the mind of a person that recently lost his mother but your tirades on this website have no impact on me.you are nothing but a fekkin loser in life trying to be a big boy on a faceless blog.
12 Dec 2011, 20:32 pm
Vat hom!
12 Dec 2011, 20:33 pm
HG..
should I post her obituary next?
perhaps you can read that and have a good old laugh at that too huh?
12 Dec 2011, 20:33 pm
@poppa69-1113: don’t let the sicko gets to you pops.
12 Dec 2011, 20:34 pm
or would you rather see a photo of the hearse?
that would be great for a chuckle wouldnt it?
what about a photo of the way the cancer ate into her body? would make for hilarious times dont you think?
12 Dec 2011, 20:37 pm
when I get home HG I’ll post a photo of her Funeral service, it should provide hours of entertainment for you..
12 Dec 2011, 20:37 pm
@poppa69-1118: peace poppa. dont desecrate your mums memory
12 Dec 2011, 20:39 pm
hell, I’ll even post the video tribute we did for her service, that way you can have moving pictures to delight in…
I’ll even see if I can add the songs we chose to play at her service, that way your uncontrollable fits of laughter can be excused as a white man trying to dance..
should provide plenty of hours of merriment and mirth huh?
12 Dec 2011, 20:39 pm
@poppa69-1113:
I have not and will not look at the picture because I don’t need to.
This truly is not the forum for posting flowers of your Mum’s funeral…
I also wouldn’t mention the passing of my Mum on this forum to elicit sympathy…
I also wouldn’t use the flowers at a funeral as an attempt at oneupmanship or eliciting sympathy as you are doing in this post.
Nevertheless for your sanity and your quite obvious imbalance evidenced by this post I will cease all correspondence with you on this blog.
12 Dec 2011, 20:41 pm
@Heavens Game-1122: what? trying to worm your way out now huh?
you didnt believe me remember? now that Ive posted proof you are running away?
face up to your mistake you cnut…at least have the balls to do that…
12 Dec 2011, 20:42 pm
@Heavens Game-1122: Im not looking for sympathy, I just found your constant jokes about my Mums death horrendous…
12 Dec 2011, 20:42 pm
Yissus Pops…. are you stupid or what????
This is the only time I will ever get serious on this site.
You are doing your mother a diservice by placing photos of her funeral and carrying on about her passing away on this site…. you are trashing her and I am sure she is cringing upstairs at what you are doing to her and her memory.
FFS, this is a stupid rugby site where people take the p-i-s-s out of each other day in and day out. Lose your mother and her memory on this sire…. its not the place for her!!
Do I really need to tell you all this???
12 Dec 2011, 20:44 pm
@Bod-1125: why don’t you tell your white zimbo buddy to stop behaving like a peos on this website?
12 Dec 2011, 20:47 pm
Plumbing new depths.
12 Dec 2011, 20:49 pm
@mvk-1126:
Primarily because I dont have a white Zimbo buddy…
12 Dec 2011, 20:50 pm
@Bod-1125: youre right, Ive deleted the photo..
cant wait though for HG’s next joke about her… like the many he’s made over the last two days..
in fact Im just anxious with the anticipation of it..
12 Dec 2011, 20:56 pm
not more than two months HG, you ever cross my path, farken look out..
but congrats, youve done what no else has been able to..
enjoy your website Saffas, feel safe in the knowledge that someone like HG is out there representing you all..
12 Dec 2011, 20:59 pm
Man, stop being warra warra!
He don’t represent everyone!
12 Dec 2011, 21:02 pm
@poppa69-1129:
You started well… then went back to the depths again.
You are not going to enjoy this site if you get seriously involved with race, politics, religion and that type of garbage.
You have been around long enough to know this… now lose your mother and her memory on this site and fight the “battle” with other tactics
C’mon… you can do it
12 Dec 2011, 21:02 pm
@poppa69-1130: he doesn’t represents me pops and i will personally **** this zimbo cnunt up if he ever crosses my path.
12 Dec 2011, 21:14 pm
A Limpopo farmer, who is also facing murder charges, appeared in the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court on Monday for assaulting two of his workers, said police.
The man allegedly set his dogs on one of his female workers, and slapped another, said Colonel Ronel Otto.
The case was postponed to January 30 when the farmer would also appear on charges of murder and attempted murder.
He allegedly shot a teenager dead and wounded another for fishing on his farm in October.
The 57-year-old allegedly fired his shotgun at the boys, hitting a 14-year-old in the head and a 17-year-old in the left hand
pops,the above might explain hg’s and bod’s attitude towards you.
12 Dec 2011, 21:38 pm
HG quit referring to Poppa’s mother chap, clearly it is offensive.
Poppa you are partly to blame in all of this too, you have used the ‘excuse’ of your mom’s illness & then subsequent passing on as reasons why you baited, mocked & said offensive things on this blog.
everyone has problems in their lives but they don’t come to a rugby site to provoke other bloggers as a way to vent. i dont recall gunther deriding your country & it’s ppl when his father took ill.
big faux pas!
12 Dec 2011, 21:39 pm
@poppa69-1130:
This is a shame.
I have a feeling you have given up on this site.
Whats being said about your mum from certain posters is disrepectful.
But there are only a few that seem to have a problem with you.
Dont leave on there account if you are thinking of it. They will be all chest beating and high fiving.
Fck that.
12 Dec 2011, 21:46 pm
Hellsteeth…
This has now become a perfect example of:
“From the sublime to the ridiculous”
Before the typical Keo faux-moralist procession of exaggeration and lying commences, here is the sequence of posts for which this poster takes full responsibility:
348.poppa69:
11 Dec 2011, 03:15 am @Heavens Game-346: obviously then the bros know a looker when they see one, preferring sheep to HG is quite an insult bru… how did you handle the rejection?
349.Heavens Game:
11 Dec 2011, 03:16 am @poppa69-348: Of course… The “bros” can only have sheep when the wives and girlfriends get amongst HG… Sorry bru…
350.poppa69:
11 Dec 2011, 03:17 am @Heavens Game-347: ahhh theres that nostalgia again… still reminiscing about beating brown skinned woman? eish..
351.Heavens Game:
11 Dec 2011, 03:19 am @poppa69-350: Nope, just “reminiscing” about your Mum… But hey they all like HG…
Lets be CLEAR:
- I will not apologise for post 351 in context of a typical Keo to-and-fro “insult exchange”.
- I am not apologising out of a position of fear or intimidation in response to any physical threats made on this thread…
- I am also not apologising out of fear of exclusion by any Keo blogging clique or the community on the whole. (I just don’t take this community seriously enough…)
I will however apologise for any emotional pain or psychological bruising caused to Poppa69 in the course of this exchange. I do this out of genuine concern for an individual’s mental/emotional/psychological state of being, regardless of culpability either way.
In short I take responsibility for my action:
So, simply put: Sorry Poppa69.
But to iterate an earlier post, this will be my last contact with this particular blogger.
12 Dec 2011, 21:46 pm
@Transformation-1135:
Indeed our friend capo found it highly amusing.
12 Dec 2011, 21:55 pm
@Heavens Game-1137:
ok, you two really have aproblem with each other.
Pops gives you cr@p like i do about some of your posts, mainly towards the brown people posts you somehow get amongst in, so we see it as you a racist.
This may be a lie and you are quite the opposite, so what we say probably has no effect on you whatsoever.
But when someones close family dies, there is nothing worse in alot of cases.
I have been through it as you may have HG.
You have many ways of sorting posters out without resorting to using those sorts of tactics.
Youre a crazy poster HG, some things you say i just have to laugh, even the hits on Kiwis so you really dont need to use the death of someone mother.
12 Dec 2011, 22:03 pm
yip I met Abdullah Ibrahim once or twice who was an unobtrusive and far more musical musician when he was better known as Dollar Brand when he wrote / recorded the popular Cape jazz piano beat album ‘Manenberg’ in around early-mid 60′s back in the days before his flight to intelligentsia laden exile mixing it with the likes of Duke Ellington and all the jazzy toffs
Pity he changed his name cause he kinda changed his persona along with it..
Robbie Jansen (who I know only enough to have a chat about his heady dark days in the ghetto – sat in his living room in Elsies River once having fetched a friends flute from him) and Basil Coetsee who was probably the least egoistic of the famed Manenberg trio, didn’t have the need nor the compunction about changing their names or changing their personalities to fit the intelligentsia set…
Nevertheless Dollar Brand though he might have lost some of his home bred musical integrity when he got all a little ‘advanced’ about having slummed it in exile mixing it with the likes of the ‘Duke’ in Zurich and Ornette Coleman etc in New York, still had some reasonable musical introspection to offer as the Manenberg Meneer who came back with a different credential once he swapped his magnanimous mal pitte mindset for a more sophisticated NY Bronx type entitled enlightenment
Errol Dyers far as I’m concerned a far more laid back humble Cape Town music man along with the likes of the Schilder brothers and Basil Manenberg Coetsee, and old Robbie Jansen could swing it on his sax when he let the wind blow unencumbered through his roughed up soul…
12 Dec 2011, 22:04 pm
Has pops now gone for good.
12 Dec 2011, 22:10 pm
@Dawn-1141:
Dont know.
Just a vibe i got from one of his posts.
12 Dec 2011, 22:12 pm
Well done skop!
IMO Basil was a great loss.
12 Dec 2011, 22:13 pm
whats up with you Herr Goebels wtf you wanna get all brekerig about for as an anarchic narcissist looking for a one upmanship competition.. this ain’t a Gary Kasparov ego manic tournament you entered into … its simply a brow beating no holds barred rugby site…
12 Dec 2011, 22:14 pm
This is all unnecessary and childish.
Anyhoo skop, well said, Basil was a great loss!
12 Dec 2011, 22:16 pm
Sorry! BB duplication!
12 Dec 2011, 22:18 pm
Yip Basil Coetsee was a truly gifted and humble down to earth Cape Town music genius… Robbie very gifted too .. but takes all kinds of mad malgat ego’s to get between A to Z in this mind marauding make shift zoo.
12 Dec 2011, 22:19 pm
Pops should ignore HG who is a troll even though he would deny it.
PS Socrates is also a great loss. RIP.
12 Dec 2011, 22:23 pm
@Dawn-1141: nope Dawn, this will be my final post..
@Heavens Game-1137: how very noble of you to only post the first post…why didnt you post some of these with it?
your apology is insincere, very hollow and only serves to self aggrandise..
knowing full well that I would find it offensive in the extreme, you continued the tirade over two days, as these show..
• 369.Heavens Game:
11 Dec 2011, 03:36 am
@NZINCHINA-365: Oh did I. Compared to what… Pooper and his multiple dying Mum… The farker has a some family “tragedy” every time he gets this need for sympathy… But I will feed the little fckface, just for fun…. And fck you and your fantasy chingchongcha kathoey
• 370.poppa69:
11 Dec 2011, 03:37 am
@Heavens Game-366: laugh all your like about my mothers tragic death mate, showing your undoubted true colours for the world to see..
• 373.Heavens Game:
11 Dec 2011, 03:39 am
@poppa69-370: Nope… I just don’t believe you… Rather too convenient for you and your typical sympathy seeking…
• 379.poppa69:
11 Dec 2011, 03:48 am
@Heavens Game-377: you brought my mum into this thread mate, I didnt…
• 412.Heavens Game:
11 Dec 2011, 05:04 am
@poppa69-410: Go big boy… Boo farken hoo… You bring tears to mine own eyes… Sniff sniff… lol
• 1054.Heavens Game:
12 Dec 2011, 19:19 pm
Welcome to Valhalla, boys and girls…
Good to see the thread of the Blonde, Blue eyed Viking is at 1051 and counting…
Room for everyone… Even Silverbacks are welcome… (and their Mums, of course…)
• • 1081.Heavens Game:
12 Dec 2011, 19:57 pm
Oh dear… looks like a favourite sheep or other family member maybe about to expire… Again.
• 1082.poppa69:
12 Dec 2011, 19:59 pm
@Heavens Game-1081: you still think my mothers death is funny do you?
fair enough…
• 1086.Heavens Game:
12 Dec 2011, 20:01 pm
@poppa69-1082: Lol
• 1091.Heavens Game:
12 Dec 2011, 20:04 pm
@poppa69-1088: LOL
1095.Heavens Game:
12 Dec 2011, 20:09 pm
@poppa69-1094: LOL
this after knowing full well after your first banter comment about my mum really got to me by my reaction… you think it funny to continue
well done mate, see, as bad as my generalisations are, I very rarely attacked another bloggers family (though Im sure Trans will be out to prove me wrong on that one).
anyways, later all…keep enjoying rugby..
12 Dec 2011, 22:27 pm
@mvk-1100:
You are a disgusting little poodlefucker who deserves to be gelded with a butter knife.
The lovely dawn is class in a glass.
On another note I could listen to skop talk about music all day.
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